Background and Objective: About 2-3 percent of the society suffer from mental retardation (MR) that leads to psychoeconomic problems. To prevent MR, it is necessary to recognize its related factors in each region.The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of MR associated factors among students of Rafsanjan exceptional schools. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study R...

  Background and Objectives : Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a bowel dysfunction. Given that psychological variables play a decisive role in creating and maintaining the physical condition of the patients, the purpose of this study was designed to investigate and compare the rates of depression in patients with IBS and healthy ones.   Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100...

  Background: In Iran, the rapid growth of urbanization is in a way that it fits into the appropriate location for urban spaces are not switching. The main consequence of this is failure of service delivery and service system to citizens. One of the most important public services that hospitals provide most of the citizens' health. The purpose of this study, “Optimal locating of hospitals in re...

Background and Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the medical students' viewpoints about the role of basic science courses in achieving clinical objectives in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This is a discriptive study performed in 2010 through filling out a two-sectional questionnaire by medical students (Clerk and intern students). The questionnaire in...

Child Abuse Prevalence Among Addicts Referred to the Rafsanjan Addiction Withdrawal Center in 2005Received: 10/01/06 Sent for Revision: G. Kholasezadeh MD , H. Bakhshi MSc , M. Nazer MSc , A.R. Sayadi MSc , M. Pourgholami MD , A.H. Rabbani 20/05/06 Received Revised Manuscript: 15/01/07 Accepted: 12/03/07 Background and Objective: Child abuse and neglect of children referred to the ph...

  Background and Objectives: Assessment of educational status is important and essential in order to survey the quality of educational systems. This study was performed to determine the educational status of Rafsanjan's dental school graduates who had entered the university in the years 1997 to 2002.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out by census sampling and subj...

  Backgroundand Objective: Evaluation, as one of the quality progress tools, makes it possible to identify strengths and weakness points by taking appropriate steps in the evolution and reform in the workflow by strengthening the positive aspects of the programs and eliminating the failures. This Study was based on the CIPP model in 2010 with the objective of evaluation of Medical School facult...

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of trust in leadership, knowledge sharing, and the quality of information systems on innovation and employee motivation in public libraries. Method: The current research is practical in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the type and method of collecting research data, it is quantitative-descriptive and based on the structur...